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Glossary, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous
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12 Manga: gekiga ^[$B7`2h^[(B
"Drama pictures". As its name implies, gekiga is straight, serious
storytelling much like traditional theatre and cinema. It is characterised
by direct, literal narrative, pictorial realism, and uncomplicated
character drawing. Artists such as Shirato Sampei and Saito Takao, the
latter influenced by Kurosawa films, popularised gekiga in the 1960s.
Subsequently, even Tezuka introduced gekiga elements into some of his
stories (eg. Eulogy to Kirihito). However, gekiga is now in decline, and
is regarded as a subset of manga. It hardly ever appears in today's
shounen manga magazines, although the style still sells to readers in
their 40s and above.
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